If this is how it is for you, i respectfully submit that you have no idea what clinical depression is. There is no mystical, magical thought process that will make a chemical imbalance better. That would be like saying "those lazy diabetics would get better if they just thought they could".Originally Posted by ClaireBear
I don't suffer from depression, but I have noticed that it seems lately the majority of peope do. I know there are instances where there can be chemical imbalances that cause it. But for the most part that doesn't seem to be the case. I really think that happiness is a choice. Bad things happen to everyone, and when they do, whether you fall into depression over it depends on how you choose to react. I've always made myself get over the bad stuff and move on, becuase I know that tomorrow is another day, and life is too short to waste being sad.
For me, it was a series of events - if you want to know those events, this thread has to move to IMO, which would be a shame for the younger people.
I didn't just wake up one morning and decide I was feeling a bit lazy and cranky and would struggle for years with self-hatred and pretending to be okay.
Oh yeah, why didn't I just decide to think myself better? I could have avoided a lot of hell